SKIDMORE FAMILIES OF WHITECHAPEL AND HACKNEY, LONDON

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1 Skidmore Families of Whitechapel and Hackney File 4 of 21 files on descendants out of Kingswinford, Staffordshire. Minor amendments were last made to this account by Linda Moffatt on 27 May SKIDMORE FAMILIES OF WHITECHAPEL AND HACKNEY, LONDON by Linda Moffatt and Kathleen Skidmore 2012 CITATION Please respect the author's contribution and state where you found this information if you quote it. Suggested citation ' Skidmore Families of Whitechapel and Hackney, London, by Linda Moffatt and Kathleen Skidmore at the website of the Skidmore/ Scudamore One-Name Study This was originally part of the book Skidmore Families of the Black Country and Birmingham by Linda Moffatt, published in For an Introduction to this branch of the family and an account of the first five generations of this branch, see Skidmore Families Of The Black Country, the first five generations at This account begins at Generation 6, denoted by superscript 6 next to the name of the head of household. DATES Prior to 1752 the year began on 25 March (Lady Day). In order to avoid confusion, a date which in the modern calendar would be written 2 February 1714 is written 2 February 1713/4 - i.e. the baptism, marriage or burial occurred in the 3 months (January, February and the first 3 weeks of March) of 1713 which 'rolled over' into what in a modern calendar would be Civil registration was introduced in England and Wales in 1837 and records were archived quarterly; hence, for example, 'born in 1840Q1' the author here uses to mean that the birth took place in January, February or March of Where only a baptism date is given for an individual born after 1837, assume the birth was registered in the same quarter. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS Databases of all known Skidmore and Scudamore bmds can be found at PROBATE A list of all known Skidmore and Scudamore wills - many with full transcription or an abstract of its contents - can be found at in the file Skidmore/Scudamore One-Name Study Probate. PRIVACY The Skidmore/ Scudamore One-Name Study does not, as a matter of course, publish any biographical detail from the last 100 years, unless with permission of descendants. Information posted online, for example at Ancestry.com, is considered to be posted with permission of descendants and is always acknowledged as deriving from an online pedigree. 1

2 The Skidmore families described here are descendants of Solomon Skidmore [35a], a son of Edmund Skidmore [15] of Amblecote and Brettell 1,2. I am indebted to Mrs Kathleen Skidmore for her considerable assistance in piecing together the families in this account, for her unfailing enthusiasm for all things Skidmorean and for her continued friendship. L.M. 72a. THOMAS ROBERT 6 SKIDMORE the elder was the son of Solomon [35a] and Eliza (Saunders) Skidmore, born on 31 July 1774 in Whitefriars, off Fleet Street, and baptised at St Bride's, Fleet Street in the City on 28 August Solomon his father left Kingswinford parish in his early 20s in the retinue of Carey Stafford, a glassman, and was his warehouseman in Whitechapel, where he married Eliza Saunders in Thomas Robert Skidmore was apprenticed on 1 October 1788 to William Grainger of the Painters' Company of London. In 1825 Thomas Skidmore of the Haymarket paid 60 rent and 2.15s per quarter rates and he was on the voters' register for Westminster in The Post Office London Directory of 1829 lists T.R. Skidmore, lustre lamp manufacturer of 19, Haymarket. A glass manufacturer and seller of Hatton Garden, he married firstly Mrs Sarah Perkings on 10 September 1797 at St Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, witnessed by William Reynolds and Sarah Bagg. Sarah Skidmore died quite soon after their marriage for on 1 June 1800 he married secondly Tabitha Barracluff. Solomon Skidmore and Edmund Smallman were witnesses. Tabitha Skidmore was dead by 1810 when he married thirdly Mrs Jane Smallman of Newington, London at St Mary's there on 25 July He was again widowed before 1841 when he and his son Thomas Robert were living at census time in the Haymarket, Westminster. He married fourthly Helen Matilda Newey (a widow of Thomas Newey (married 6 December 1821 Aston, Birmingham), baptised 18 August 1799 at St Thomas', Dudley, Worcestershire, daughter of Mark and Elizabeth (Hall) Capewell, glass manufacturer) on 26 October 1845 at St Andrew's, Holborn. At the time of the 1851 census he was perhaps in Kent where he died (styled a gentleman) at Bryant Street, Chatham on 18 August 1854 aged 80. His widow appears to be the Matilda Skidmore of Blewitts Buildings who died aged 55 and was buried at St Andrew's, Holborn on 1 July A son of Thomas Robert and Tabitha (Baracluff) Skidmore, 145a. i. THOMAS ROBERT 7 (II), baptised 25 December 1801 at St James' Piccadilly, Westminster. He was a glass manufacturer who took over his father's retail premises, Skidmore, Medical & General Glass Manufacturer at 19 Haymarket and was on the voters' registers for Westminster from 1857 through to 1860 at 38 St Martin's Lane, a glass maker. A licence from the Faculty Office dated 30 November 1827 was granted for his marriage to Mary Ann Scudamore (so far unidentified, born about 1807 in London). They were married on 2 December that year at St Margaret's, Westminster, Miss Scudamore's home parish. The witnesses were Thomas' father and two members of Mary Ann's family, namely E. Scudamore and Thomas Scudamore. I believe her to be the daughter of Benjamin Scudamore and his wife Elizabeth Mosley. His parents are presently unknown and his descendants can be found in Benjamin Scudamore of Westminster, London ( ) and his Descendants by Warren Skidmore. At the time of the 1841 census she was living, as Mary Ann Scudamore, at 1 Buckingham Row, Westminster. Two others in the household were Elizabeth (Scudamore) Danks and Elizabeth's child by her husband Thomas Danks, namely Andrew Sidesman Danks (died 1877 aged 41). Mary Ann Skidmore died on 16 May 1858 at 38 St Martin's Lane, Trafalgar Square 3 and was buried at Brompton Cemetery. I have not been able to find Mr Skidmore in the census of 1861 but by 1871 he was lodging at 12 St Stephens Crescent, Lambeth, where the following year he married Elizabeth Margaret Skelton (baptised 25 July 1813 at Merton, Surrey, daughter of Thomas Skelton, dealer, and Elizabeth) on 27 August 1872 at St Stephen's, Lambeth. The The code numbers of the heads of household found in my 2004 book are retained here. The known descendants of Edmund's sons Benjamin [35] and Job [36] can be found in Skidmore Families of Brettell Lane and Brockmoor, Staffordshire by Linda Moffatt at The Morning Chronicle 25 May

3 witnesses were Thomas Aggitts and Elizabeth Taylor. Mr Skidmore died in 1881Q1 aged 79 and his widow Elizabeth Margaret was a lodging house keeper in St Stephens Terrace, Lambeth. She died in 1885 said to be aged 68 and was buried on 23 November at St Pancras Cemetery. Detail from London Street Views, No. 22: Haymarket, p.4-5, Tallis, John, & Company, A son of Thomas Robert and Mary Ann (Scudamore) Skidmore, 276d. i. THOMAS ROBERT 8 the 3rd, baptised 3 September 1829 at St Martin in the Fields. He began work, apparently very young, as a clerk and was boarded out, at the time of the 1841 census, aged 12, in Gower Street North, St Pancras, perhaps with other young clerks and, by 1851, in Gloucester Street, St George the Martyr parish. He was involved in the family business and is found in a Trades Directory of 1864 as Thomas Robert Skidmore, china dealer of 19 Bartlett Buildings, Holborn. The firm of Skidmore & Sons, house agents of 19 Bartlett Buildings, Holborn and also of 50 Brecknock Road N, Islington, appear in a directory of He called himself a commercial traveller when he married Emma Mountford 4 on 23 December 1858 at West London Register Office. The witnesses were Alfred Mountford Harrison and Ann Harrison. She was recorded earlier, at the time of the 1851 census, as a widow (born about 1817 Lichfield, Staffordshire), a toy dealer at 62 Upper North Place, Grays Inn Lane, St Pancras, with her son Charles J. Mountford (born about 1841 in Derby). Mrs Skidmore was not recorded at home in the 1861 census for 19 Bartletts Buildings: she was living, a commercial agent's wife, in the home of her son Charles, a life and fire insurance agent and his wife Sarah at 116 Queens Road (District Savings' Bank), Brighton, Sussex. She died on 4 January 1863 aged 45 and was buried at Brompton Cemetery. 4 Said at this marriage to be a widow but also said to be a daughter of John Mountford, gentleman. She was perhaps the child baptised 12 June 1814 at St Mary's, Lichfield, daughter of John & Ann Mountford. She used her maiden name when recorded in the 1861 census too. 3

4 Bartlett Buildings in a print by Thomas Shepherd circa Wellcome Library, London. This building also housed Farringdon Dispensary and Lying-In Charity. The buildings were bombed and totally destroyed in It was mentioned in Chapter 32 of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility: About this time, the two Miss Steeles, lately arrived at their cousin s house in Bartlett s Buildings, Holborn, presented themselves again before their more grand relations in Conduit and Berkley Street; and were welcomed by them all with great cordiality. austenonly.com collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk Thomas married secondly Mary Ann Welfare (born about 1829 in Bexhill, Surrey, perhaps a daughter of Stephen Welfare) in 1864Q1 in the Chelsea registration district. At the time of the 1871 census they were living at 8 Fassett Square, Hackney but moved to 50 Brecknock Road, Islington where Mrs Skidmore died of cancer on 19 September 1879, aged 56. In 1881 Thomas' niece Harriet Chapman was his housekeeper. She was born in 1851 at Tivoli Road Cottage, St Leonard's, Sussex, daughter of Jesse Chapman, agricultural labourer of St Leonards and later Hastings, Sussex, and Sarah (Welfare, daughter of Stephen). At the time of the 1891 census Mr Skidmore was living at 6 Spurstow Terrace, Hackney with May White (called Skidmore, born about 1861 in the St Augustine's area of Bristol) and 1-year old daughter Ethel May Skidmore. May White married Charles Henry Yorston, a bookseller (born about 1819 in Oxford) in 1893Q1 and they were living at the time of the 1901 census at his premises at 19 Beaumont Buildings, Oxford. He married his third wife Mrs Mary Ann Bayford (born about 1830, daughter of Thomas Cox, deceased, a farm steward, and perhaps the widow of Arthur Bayford, coachman who died in 1867) on 2 July 1895 at the Register Office in Edmonton, Middlesex. James Cox and Martha Cox were witnesses. She died on 15 November 1900 in Edmonton Union Workhouse, aged 73 and Mr Skidmore was living alone at the time of the 1901 census at 34 Cowper Road, Stoke Newington, London. He died in 1905Q4 at 93 Palatine Road, Stoke Newington, aged 76. The child of Thomas Robert Skidmore and May White, i. Ethel May, born 20 Augut 1889 at 27 Richmond Road, Dalston. Ethel May Skidmore married Frank Hounslow on 11 June 1908 at the Baptist Chapel, New Road, Oxford. He was born about 1887, son of William Henry Hounslow, a fitter, and was a College cook of 26 Isis Street, Saint Aldates, Oxford at the time of his marriage. 4

5 72b. JAMES 6 SKIDMORE, son of Solomon [35a] and Eliza (Saunders) Skidmore, was baptised on 25 June 1780 at St Mary's, Whitechapel. He married Ann Clackston on 4 January 1801 at St Bride's, Fleet Street. Thomas Robert Skidmore and W. Finch were witnesses. She was perhaps born 24 August 1776, baptised 5 September 1776 at the Lying in Hospital Endell Street, Holborn, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Needon) Clackston). James was a journeyman glass cutter in Clerkenwell, living in 1818 in Carlisle Lane. He died before the time of the 1841 census, when Ann Skidmore was living of independent means in the home of her daughter Sarah Miles. She lived to be 90 and died at 19 Brewer Street, in the Goswell Street area of Clerkenwell on 15 April Her death was registered by Sarah Scubbins of 3 Canal Road, Hoxton. Children of James and Ann (Clackston) Skidmore (T7), i. Sarah Saunders, born 27 December 1804, baptised 27 December 1805 at St Martin in the Fields, Westminster. She married Thomas Frederick Miles on 25 October 1823 at St Martin in the Fields. J. Skidmore and John Taylor were witnesses. She was living in 1841, apparently his widow and of independent means, with her children and her mother in Ann Street, Clerkenwell. By the time of the 1851 census, she was a charwoman, living in Lloyds Row, Clerkenwell with her daughter Fanny Nash (wife of Christopher Nash, gas fitter) and grandson Henry James Nash aged 1. I have not found Mrs Miles in later censuses. ii. Charles William Henry, born 21 November 1806, baptised 2 August 1807 at St Bartholomew the Great. 145b. iii. JAMES SOLOMON 7, born about He was a hairdresser and later a house painter in Clerkenwell who married Emma Young on 11 June 1832 at St Mary's, Islington (witnessed by John Chambers and Joseph Robert). She was born on 8 August 1815 and baptised 5 November 1815 at St Luke's, Old Street, Finsbury, the daughter of James and Jemima (Manser) Young. They were living in 1841 in Noble Street, Clerkenwell. I have yet to find them in the census of 1851 but it is known that Mrs Skidmore died at 7 Richards Place, St Luke's on 11 May 1856 aged 40. In 1861 James Skidmore was living with his four sons at 2 James Place, St Luke's, Finsbury. He died on 3 February 1885 aged 75. Children of James Solomon and Emma (Young) Skidmore (T7), i. Emma Jemima, baptised 7 April 1833 at St James, Clerkenwell, daughter of Solomon James, hairdresser of Easton Street, and Emma Skidmore. She married James Edward Ray, a dealer of Bethnal Green (son of Thomas Ray, a bricklayer) on 25 December 1867 at St James', Bethnal Green - but had had children by him earlier than this. Emma's sister Ann was a witness. Emma Ray was widowed by the time of the 1871 census, living then at 20 Bell Alley, St Lukes, with her brothers George and William, all paper sorters, and her son Edward Ray aged 14. ii. Caroline Sophia, born 24 December 1838 at 25, Easton Street, baptised 31 January 1839 at St Philip's, Clerkenwell. She died of fever at 41 St Helena Place, Clerkenwell on 2 November 1847 aged 9 and was buried Spa Fields Chapel. iii. Ann, born 14 April 1841 at 2 Noble Street, Clerkenwell, baptised 18 April 1849 at St Phillip's there. She lodged, along with widow Mrs Susan Hines, both manglers, in St Helena Place, Clerkenwell in She was living at the end of 1867, when she witnessed her sister Emma's wedding, but I have so far been unable to find her in later censuses. iv. Edwin William, died aged 3 at Amwell, Clerkenwell and was buried 13 August 1848 iv. at Spa Fields Chapel. James Alexander, born 20 February 1847 at 41 St Helena Place. He was a labourer of 38 Windsor Road, Hackney Wick at the time of his death. He died aged 86 on 3 July 1930 at 2 Sidney Road, Homerton, Hackney. 276a. v. FREDERICK WILLIAM 8, born 31 October After the death of his mother, he and his brother George lived for a time with his widowed sister Emma Ray, at which time the boys were paper sorters. No marriages have yet been found for Frederick, the names of his wives being known from birth certificates and/or census information. There is confusion over the name of his first wife. Despite receiving one certificate from the General Register Office giving her name as Ann Padden, we believe she was Elizabeth Ann Calten (born about 1851 in Shoreditch and known as Ann). They were living by the time of the 1881 census in Elgin Street, Hackney. She 5

6 appears to be the Ann Skidmore who died in Hackney in 1887Q3 aged 34. By the time of the 1891 census (in which he is called Edward) he was living at 86 Chapman Road, Hackney, a sawdust dealer, married to Louisa, a match box maker (born about 1863 in Camberwell, Surrey). In their household were three stepchildren - William, Eliza and Emma Kendle/ Kendall, born in Old Ford, Bow - and his mother-in-law Jane E. King. William and Emma Kendall remained with their stepfather until at least the time of the 1901 census, when the family were at 27 Victoria Road, Hackney. Frederick's wife by 1901 was Emma (born about 1865 in St George's, London). I have not found Frederick Skidmore in the census of He died in 1941 aged 89. Children of Frederick William by his first wife, born in Holborn, i. Frederick Henry, born 1873Q1, registered Skitmore. Nothing known after ii. JAMES ALEXANDER 9 SKINMORE, born 10 June 1875 at 18 Green Arbour Court, Whitecross Street, Holborn. Registered as Skitmore and baptised in Finsbury on 20 June as Skipmore. Called Alexander, son of Frederick Skidmore of 47 Felstead Street, he was admitted to Sidney Road School, Hackney on 16 July He was a sawdust dealer in 1891, and married Emma Colley (born about 1875 in Whitechapel) in 1898Q3. They and their descendants were known as Skinmore. Emma Skinmore died in 1925 aged 50 Children of Alexander and Emma (Colley) Skinmore, i. ALEXANDER CHARLES 10, born 1899Q3. He is presumably the Alexander Skinmore who married in 1928 and had, as known, two daughters. ii. Emma, born 1901Q4. She married in iii. Eliza Martha, born 1902Q4. iv. Frederick James, born 1904Q3. He married in v. Annie Rose, born 1907Q1. She married in 1929 and had, as known, two sons. vi. ARTHUR WILLIAM 10, born 1909Q1. He married in 1938 and had, as known, one daughter. vii. James, born 1910Q4. He died in 1911Q3. viii. Ivy E., born 1912Q3. ix. George J., born 1914Q1. x. Violet, born and died in xi. WALTER T. 10, born 1916Q3. He married in iii. CHARLES THOMAS 9, [was 492a.] born 1877Q4. Charles Skinmore married Agnes Barker (born about 1881 in Hackney) in 1900 and they were living at 16 Daintry Street, Hackney in Their son Charles died in 1903 and nothing further has yet been discovered of the parents. A child of Charles and Agnes (Barker) Skidmore, born in Hackney, i. Charles, born in February or March 1901, presumably the William Charles Skidmore registered in Hackney in 1901Q2. Charles William Skidmore died in 1903Q3 aged 2 years. iv. Maria Ann, born 8 March 1880 at 1 Three King Court, Whitecross Street. She married William Saunders in 1904Q2. Their daughter Louisa Violet married Edward Brien and their daughter Mrs Barbara Fleming kindly supplied information on this family. v. Elizabeth Ann, born 1882Q2. A mouse trap maker in She is 5 London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, , via Ancestry.co.uk. This school opened in

7 perhaps the Elizabeth Skidmore who married Arthur Berry, a rope maker, in They were living by 1911 at 31 Bushberry Road, Hackney, with their children Arthur 6, Henry 4 and Daisy 1. vi. George Edward, born 6 November His birth certificate gives his mother's name as Elizabeth Ann formerly Calten. The death of George Skidmore aged 1 was registered in Hackney in 1887Q3. vii. John Alfred, born 1889Q1. Not yet found in the census of born in Hackney, viii. Rose, perhaps Rosina, registered in Hackney in 1892Q1. She died in 1925 aged 32. ix. Mary, born about Nothing known after b. vi. EDMUND GEORGE 8, known as GEORGE EDWARD, born 23 February 1852 at 2 Newcastle Court, St Clement Danes, London. He married, as George Edmund Skidmore, Maria Berry (born about 1854 in St Luke's district, daughter of Thomas Berry, a decorator, and his wife Maria) on 1 April 1872 at St James, Clerkenwell. He was a house painter in Holborn until However, by the time of the 1881 census, when their home was at 53 Old Nichol Street, Bethnal Green, he had become a waste paper dealer and rag merchant. Around 1885 they moved to Elgin Street, Hackney and again, by 1889, to 28 Rodney Buildings in Hoxton. George Edward Skidmore, a carman of 21 Richampton Street, Shoreditch, died on 3 August 1915 in St Bartholomew's Hospital, his widow Maria on 10 November 1918 aged 58. Children of George Edward and Maria (Berry) Skidmore, Mrs Skidmore reported at the time of the 1911 census that she had had 17 children, of whom 7 were then living. i. Maria, born 8 November 1872 at 4 Collins Court, City of London. A paper sorter, she married in 1890Q4 Joshua Robert Frost, a french polisher, (born about 1872 in Hoxton, son of William Frost, a lamplighter, and Elizabeth) and they were living in 1891 at 37 Rodney Buildings, Shoreditch and by 1901 at 121 Britannia Street in Shoreditch, near to her sister Euphemia. ii. iii. Emily, born 3 January 1874 at 12 Cupids Court, Golden Lane, Holborn. She married firstly in 1896Q1 Dennis Doran (born in St Luke's, perhaps in 1875Q2), a house builder. They were living at the time of the 1901 census at 4 Baldwin Street, St Luke's. Euphemia, born 9 March 1876 at 26 City Baths, Holborn and baptised at St Paul's, Clerkenwell. Called Skitmore when her birth was registered. She married John Thomas Nixon, a hawker (born about 1876 in the St Luke's district) in 1904Q1. They were living in 1901 with the first of their three sons at 122 Britannia Street, Shoreditch. At the time she registered her father's death in 1915 she lived at 49 Radnor Street, St Luke's. She died aged 90. iv. Lydia, born 12 February 1878 at 25 Playhouse Yard, Holborn. Died 7 April v. George Edward, born 11 March 1879 at 5 Grays Place, Bethnal Green and baptised as George Skitmore that same day at St Paul's, Clerkenwell. Died 19 September vi. George, born 15 August 1880 at 4 Grays Place and baptised Skitmore. He died early in 1881, his death registered as George Edward Skipmore. He was buried on 2 February at Manor Park Cemetery. vii. Clara Ann, born 25 December 1882 at 53 Old Nichol Street, Bethnal Green. A box maker of 121 Britannia Street when she married James Newson, cabinet maker (born about 1877, son of James Newson of 2 Britannia Street) on 23 September 1900 at Holy Trinity, Hoxton. Her brother Joseph and sister Maria were witnesses. They were living in 1901 next to her sister Emily Doran viii. JOSEPH HENRY 9, born 20 December 1883 at 53 Old Nichol Street, 7

8 Bethnal Green and baptised in January 1884 at St Paul's, Clerkenwell. A paper sorter, he married firstly, on 7 October 1907 at St Peter's, Shoreditch, Maria Julia Sansum. They were living in 1911 at 17 Radnor Street, St Luke's. Joseph's first wife died late in He enlisted on 6 January 1915 with the Army Service Corps Horse Transport. He stated that he had served for three years with the K.R.R. and had been with the Cl--? 9 Res. T/E since His daughters Louisa, Florence M. and Mary are not mentioned as dependents in his Army Service Records, only the three older children. These records show that he left the army in July He married secondly Agnes O'Brien on 26 July 1915 at St John the Baptist, Hoxton and had four further children with his second wife. Mr Skidmore died in 1951 aged 68. Children of Joseph Henry and Maria Julia (Sansum) Skidmore, born in Shoreditch, i. Maria, born 18 July ii. Joseph Henry, born 1 January iii. Alice Elizabeth, born 9 November iv. Louisa, born v. Florence M., born 1913, died 1914Q2. vi. Mary, born ix. [twin] George Edward. Died 28 January 1884 and registered as Skitmore. ix. James, born 9 October 1885 born in Elgin Street, Hackney Wick. Not found after the census of x. Lydia, born 27 August 1887 born in Elgin Street, Hackney Wick. Died 6 xi. November 1887 aged two months. George, born 22 October 1888 at 94 Chapman Road (formerly called Elgin Street, Hackney Wick. Died 5 December 1888 aged 1½ months xii. ROBERT 9, born 5 November 1889 at 23 Rodney Buildings, Hoxton Market, Hoxton Old Town. He married Sarah Ann Clark on 27 July 1913 at St Mary's, Hoxton. At the time he enlisted in July 1917 he was working for E.Cohen of Little Sutton Street, Goswell Road, London as a waste paper packer. His family were then living at 69 Britannia Street, Hoxton. He was assigned to the London and District Labour Corps but after receiving ophthalmic treatment was discharged later that year with choririditis. Robert Skidmore died in 1960, his widow in Robert Skidmore sen. [497], born Children of Robert and Sarah Ann (Clark) Skidmore, i. GEORGE 10, born 13 September 1913, died He married Louisa (died 1981) and had two children, Pamela, who is married with two sons and George who married Christine and has two sons. ii. Frances, born and died in iii. Phoebe, born 9 January 1917, died She married firstly Albert Golding and secondly Arthur Marsh. She 8

9 had one son and three daughters. iv. Ada Ellen, born 3 June 1919, died She married Harry Holt in 1940 and has two sons and three daughters. v. ROBERT 10, born 1922, died May 2006 aged 84. He married Kathleen Bree Adams in Children, i. Paula, who married firstly David Smith (3 daughters Tina, Nina and Toni) and secondly Christopher McMurray (a son Robert). ii. Caroline Ann, who married John William Newall (a son Jason and a daughter Samantha). iii. Richard Charles, who married Paula Wathey (2 daughters Jemma and Lindsey). iv. Anthony Paul, who with his partner Sue Wysall has a daughter Georgia. Robert Skidmore junior (born 1922), seen here at the age of 14. vi. Sarah Ann, born and died in vii. JOSEPH HENRY 10, born 18 June 1925, died He married Violet (died 1 November 1996 in York aged 69). Children Michael who is married and lives in the USA, and Elaine. viii. Emily Elizabeth, born She married J. Silk in 1946 and had three daughters and a son. ix. JAMES 10, born He married Jean. Children Clive, Simon Alexander who married Elizabeth Mary. x. JOHN FREDERICK 10, born He married Betty. Children Paul who is married with children, and Lindsay xiii. GEORGE EDWARD 9, born 16 May 1893 at 28 Rodney Buildings and baptised 11 June at St Peter's, Hoxton. He married Annie Philpot at St John the Baptist, Hoxton on 12 July He died at the age of 34 on 29 May Children of George Edward and Annie (Philpot) Skidmore, i. George Edward, born 1916Q2. xiv. ii.-iii. 2 daughters born in the 1920s. Mary Ann, born 12 July 1895 at 8th Block, Henrietta Street, Hoxton New Town. She was baptised Mary Ann Scudmore at St Peter's, Shoreditch on 4 August. She died at one month on 7 August c. vii. ROBERT FRANCIS 8, born 7 January 1855 at 772 Allen Street, Clerkenwell. At the age of 16 he was recorded in the 1871 census at Spanish Road reformatory boys' home in Wandsworth. He was a glass blower of 23 Great Arthur Street, Clerkenwell when he married Sarah Redburn (born about 1861 in St Luke's, daughter of William Redburn, cabinet maker) on 13 February At the time of his marriage his father's name was recorded as Alexander Skidmore. Maria Atchison and Edward Rae were witnesses. Robert and Sarah were living in 1891 at 92 Chapman Road, Hackney, at which time he was a labourer and handyman. By 1901 they were at 38 Prince Edward Street in Hackney. Mr Skidmore was widowed by 1911 and living with his son Edward. He was a greengrocer at the time of his death on 16 September 1931 at 2 Sidney Road, 9

10 Hackney, aged 77. Children of Robert Francis and Sarah (Redburn) Skidmore, 499. i. ARTHUR ALBERT 9, born in St Luke's district, about 1877 according to censuses but said to be 75 when he died in 1947Q1. A wood floor labourer, he married Agnes Susan Trainer (born about 1882 in St Luke's district, died 1935) in 1900Q4. They were living at 28 Windsor Road, Hackney in Mrs Skidmore died in 1935 aged 52. Children of Arthur Albert and Agnes Susan (Trainer) Skidmore, i. ARTHUR JAMES 10, born 1901Q4. ii. Agnes Grace, born 1903Q4. iii.-iv. 2 children who did not survive. v. Alice Maud, born 1909Q2. vi. Alexandra M., born She married in vii. Ada L., born 1914Q1. viii. Amelia M., born 1916Q2. ix.-xii. 2 further daughters and 2 sons ii. EDWARD FRANCIS 9, [was 492c] born 1882Q3 in Shoreditch. He was a deal porter of 38 Prince Edward Road when he married (as Francis Edward) on 25 December 1901 at St Mary's, Hackney Wick. His bride was Martha Phillips of 21 Felstead Street, born 1882 a daughter of George Henry Phillips, cabinet maker. Martha Skidmore died at 70 Berkshire Road, Hackney Wick, at the age of 33 on 4 January 1917, at which time Edward was a master stevedore. He was living at 1 Berkshire Terrace, Hackney Wick in 1931 and died aged 61 on 17 June 1943 and was buried in the City of London Cemetery. Children of Edward Francis and Martha (Phillips) Skidmore, born in Hackney, i. Martha Emily, born 1901Q4. She died before ii. EDWARD FRANCIS 10, born 13 October He married firstly Jessie Elizabeth Askew (born 29 November 1904, daughter of and Jessie Askew) in He married secondly Vera Rhoda, who survived him. Mr Skidmore was a timber merchant and died at 6 Frome Road, Wareham, Dorset on 20 March A daughter Irene Jesse by his first wife. Edward Francis Skidmore, born iii. George Henry, born 12 March iii. James Anthony, born 1883Q4 in Bethnal Green. A wood porter. He did not marry and died in and born in Hackney, 501. iv. ROBERT FRANCIS 9, born 13 September 1887 at 14 Elgin Street, South Hackney. He married Lilian Griffiths in 1910Q4 in Shoreditch registration district. Mr Skidmore died in 1970 at 143 Grove Green Road, Leytonstone, London. Daughters Children of Robert Francis and Lilian (Griffith) Skidmore, 10

11 iv. i. Lily Mary, born February ii. Robert Francis, born 1913Q3. iii. Elsie R. (?Rose), born 1915Q1. iv.-ix. 4 further sons and 2 daughters. v. Alice Maud, born 1889Q4. She married William Mundy, a butcher, in 1916Q2 and registered the death of Martha, wife of her brother Edward in vi. Louisa, aged 8 in 1901 and presumably the Florence Louisa whose birth was registered in Hackney in 1892Q3. Living in Charles, baptised 29 March 1818 at St Mary's, Lambeth, his father a glasscutter of Carlisle Lane. ******** 11